What Screens Want

http://frankchimero.com/what-screens-want/

by taylorlapeyre • 13 years ago

44 5 13 years ago

acconrad• 13 years ago

I've been making websites for 16 years to the day when my mom got us the internet for my birthday. I opened up the internet tab on AOL, had no idea what to type, but learned that I could do it myself. It changed the entire course of my life and has enabled me to create an entire career out of giving a screen what it wants. It's been a wonderful journey thus far and that was a delightful read.

themodelplumber• 13 years ago

That was really fun to read and consider.

> We can produce a vision of the web that isn’t based on: consolidation privatization power hierarchies surveillance

Is our current vision of the web really based on those things? Crazy to think about.

mikegriff• 13 years ago

Really enjoyable article. I especially like the analogy of maps and how only using a map can distort reality.

memracom• 13 years ago

What an awful ugly site. This guy needs some lessons in designing things for a computer screen so that users do not need to endlessly scroll and squint at faint text on low contrast backgrounds. It would make a good example of what NOT to do for a graphics design class.

srik• 13 years ago

Contrastingly, Ive had a very positive reaction from reading the article, even a small sense of awe over it, if i may.

To quote this article, "Choosing the proper amount of abstraction is tricky, because each user comes to what you’re making with their own amount of experience."

What Screens Want

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